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Series  5 

October,  1906 

M umber  21 

A Topical  Guide  to  the  Study  of  the 
History  of  Illinois 

By 

HENRY  McCORMIGK 


Entered  August  18,  1902,  at  Normal,  Illinois,  as  second-class  matter, 
under  Act  of  Congress  of  July*  16,  1894 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  ILLINOIS  STATE 
NORMAL  UNIVERSITY,  NORMAL,  ILLINOIS 


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Published 

by  the  Illinois  State  J\[ortnal  University , Normal , 

Illinois 

Series  5 

October , 1906 

No.  21 

A TOPICAL  GUIDE  TO  THE  STUDY  OF  THE 
HISTORY  OF  ILLINOIS 

GEOGRAPHY 

Principal  facts. — Constitutional  boundaries;  latitude  and 
longitude;  length;  greatest  width;  area;  population;  surface; 
drainage;  climate;  soil;  chief  industries;  principal  crops; 
markets;  means  of  transportation. 

Sources  of  inf  ormation 

Rolfe:  Illinois  Supplement  in  Natural  Advanced  Geog- 
raphy. 

McMurry:  Illinois  Supplement  in  Frye’s  Complete 

Geography. 

McCormick:  Illinois  Supplement  in  Appleton’s  Standard 
Higher  Geography. 

Illinois  Supplement  in  the  Rand-McNally  Grammar-School 
Geography. 

Darling:  Illinois  Supplement  to  Tarr  and  McMurry 
Geographies. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  pages  14-16*. 

Historical  Encyclopedia  of  Illinois,  241-244. 

Ellsworth:  Illinois  in  1837  and  ’8. 


^References  are  to  pages  when  not  otherwise  indicated. 


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GEOLOGY 

Principal  facts . — Formations  found  in  the  State;  their  or- 
der; economic  importance  of  coal;  building  stone;  clays,  etc.; 
the  drift;  influence  upon  the  soil,  crops,  etc. 

Sources  of  information 

Rolfe:  Illinois  Supplement  in  the  NaturaJ  Advanced  Geo- 
graphy. 

McCormick:  Illinois  Supplement  in  Appleton’s  Standard 
Higher  Geography. 

Historical  Encyclopedia  of  Illinois,  197-200. 

Geological  Atlas  of  the  United  States,  Danville  Folio,  Illi- 
nois-Indiana. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  1-13. 

Salisbury  and  Alden:  The  Geography  of  Chicago  and 
its  Environs,  8-20. 

Leverett:  The  Illinois  Glacial  Lobe. 

Worthen:  Economical  Geology  of  Illinois. 

Worthen:  Geological  Survey  of  Illinois. 

Coal  Reports  of  Illinois. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  6-15. 

PREHISTORIC  ILLINOIS 

Principal  facts. — Mounds  found  in  Illinois;  different  kinds; 
location  of  each  kind;  description  of  several;  supposed  pur- 
pose; theory  in  regard  to  the  builders;  relics  found  in  mounds; 
conclusions  reached  from  a study  of  relics. 

Sources  of  inf  ormation 

Snyder:  Transaction  of  the  Illinois  State  Historical  So- 
ciety for  1900,  21-29. 

Reynolds:  My  Own  Times,  147-149. 

Powell:  Annual  Report  of  the  Bureau  of  Ethnology, 
1890-91,  112-163. 


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Henderson:  Aboriginal  Remains  near  Naples,  111.,  in 

Smithsonian  Report  for  1882,  686-721. 

THE  INDIANS  OF  ILLINOIS 

Principal  facts . — Names  and  location  of  tribes;  homes; 
dress;  food;  occupations;  customs;  institutions;  attitude  to- 
ward the  whites;  dangers  threatening  early  settlers;  effect 
of  the  War  of  1812  upon  the  Indians. 

Sources  of  information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  21-27. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  30-52. 

Reynolds:  Pioneer  History  of  Illinois,  Chapter  I. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  I,  36-51. 

Blanchard:  History  of  Illinois,  102-112. 

Gatlin:  The  North  American  Indians,  Vol,  II,  87-107. 

JOLIET  AND  MARQUETTE 

Principal  facts: — Brief  biography  of  each  before  entering 
upon  the  voyage;  purpose  of  the  voyage;  Starting  point;  num- 
ber of  companions;  Pox  river;  Lake  Winnebago;  portage; 
Wisconsin  river;  Mississippi  river;  first  Indian  trail  noticed; 
reception  by  Indians;  second  trail;  reception;  return  voyage; 
Illinois  river;  description  of  Illinois  country;  Indian  village 
of  Kaskaskia;  reception;  route  to  Lake  Michigan;  Green  Bay; 
disaster  to  Joliet;  return  of  Marquette;  kindness  of  Indians; 
death  of  Marquette. 

Sources  of  Information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  33-47. 

McMurry:  Pioneers  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  1-15. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  59-66. 

Reynolds:  Pioneer  History  of  Illinois,  25-31. 

Breese:  Early  History  of  Illinois,  78-97. 


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Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  33-44. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois,  115-119. 

Parkman:  The  Struggle  for  a Continent,  186-194. 

Winsor:  Cartier  to  Frontenac,  229-250. 

Blanchard:  Discovery  and  Conquest  of  the  Northwest,  24-34. 

Shea:  The  Catholic  Church  in  Colonial  Days,  310-320. 

Spears  and  Clark:  A History  of  the  Mississippi  Valley, 
13-24. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  115-119. 

LA  SALLE,  TONTI,  AND  HENNEPIN 

Principal  facts . — Birthplace  of  La  Salle;  early  life;  arrival 
at  Montreal;  grant  of  land;  studies  Indian  languages;  sells 
land;  starts  for  the  Ohio  river;  route;  discovery;  descends  to 
site  of  Louisville;  erection  of  Fort  Frontenac;  returns  to 
France;  is  made  a noble;  receives  large  tract  of  land  in  vi- 
cinity of  Fort  Frontenac;  financial  aid  from  relatives;  returns 
to  New  France;  improves  Fort  Frontenac;  returns  to  France; 
authorized  to  proceed  with  discoveries;  granted  monopoly  in 
buffalo  skins;  returns  to  Quebec  with  supplies  for  building 
and  fitting  out  vessels,  and  thirty  men,  among  them  Tonti; 
missionaries  associated  with  La  Salle;  sends  men  to  Lake 
Michigan  to  trade  for  furs;  erects  warehouse  on  Niagara 
river;  builds  the  Griffin;  voyage  to  Mackinaw;  reception; 
Green  Bay;  the  Griffin  starts  for  Niagara;  voyage  in  canoes 
to  St.  Joseph  river;  Fort  Miami;  arrival  of  Tonti;  no  news  of 
Griffin;  portage  to  the  Kankakee;  Illinois  river;  Indian  village 
of  Kaskaskia;  corn;  site  of  Peoria;  reception  by  Indians;  in- 
triguing of  enemies;  suspicions  of  Indians;  desertions;  Fort 
Crevecoeur;  adventure  of  Hennepin;  La  Salle  returns  to  Fort 
Frontenac;  purpose;  description  of  journey;  wronged  by 
agents;  goes  to  Montreal;  gets  supplies;  starts  for  Creve- 
coeur; bad  news  from  Tonti;  from  Mackinaw  also;  scene  at 
Kaskaskia;  cause;  condition  at  Crevecoeur;  reaches  the  Miss- 


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issippi;  returns  to  Fort  Miami;  unites  western  tribes;  goes 
to  Mackinaw;  meets  Tonti.  When  La  Salle  started  to  Fron- 
tenac  he  left  Tonti  at  Creveceour  with  fifteen  men.  Tonti 
visits  Rock  of  St.  Louis,  or  Starved  Rock;  some  of  his  men 
destroy  Crevecoeur  and  desert.  Tonti  gathers  tools  and  goes 
to  Indian  village  of  Kaskaskia;  attack  by  Iroquois;  adven- 
tures of  Tonti;  sufferings  on  the  way  to  Mackinaw;  meeting 
with  La  Salle;  both  with  their  men  return  to  Fort  Miami; 
reach  Illinois  river  by  way  of  Chicago;  descend  the  Miss- 
issippi; visit  Indian  village;  Taensas  village;  find  mouth  of 
the  Mississippi;  take  possession  of  the  country;  return  to 
Mackinaw;  to  Illinois  river;  Starved  Rock  fortified;  gather- 
ing of  tribes;  troubles  with  Governor  La  Earre;  returns 
to  France  leawing  Tonti  in  command  at  the  Rock;  received 
graciously  by  the  king;  furnished  with  a fleet;  emigrants; 
failure  to  find  mouth  of  the  Mississippi;  Matagorda  Bay; 
privations;  efforts  to  find  Mississippi;  murder  of  La  Salle; 
his  death  concealed  from  Tonti;  efforts  of  Tonti  to  find  him; 
destruction  of  emigrants;  later  career  of  Tonti. 

Sources  of  Information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  48-77. 

McMurry:  Pioneers  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  16-67. 

Catherwood:  Heroes  of  the  Middle  West,  44-104. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  55-58;  67-107. 

Reynolds:  Pioneer  History  of  Illinois,  29-40. 

Breese:  Early  History  of  Illinois,  98-132. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois,  119-133. 

Mason:  Chapters  from  Illinois  History,  45-191. 

Spears  and  Clark:  History  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  25-50. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  54-87. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  45-56. 

Winsor:  Cartier  to  Frontenac,  251-325. 


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Blanchard:  Discovery  and  Conquest  of  the  Northwest, 
85-67. 

Parkman:  The  Struggle  for  a Continent,  195-222. 

Parkman:  La  Salle. 

Sparks:  American  Biography,  Second  Series,  Vol.  1, 1-205. 

La  Salle’s  Explorations,  in  Illinois  Historical  Collection 
(edited  by  Beckwith),  Vol.  I,  106-127. 

Memoirs  of  Tonti,  in  Illinois  Historical  Collection  (edited 
by  Beckwith),  Vol.  1,  128-164. 

Hennepin’s  Narrative,  in  Illinois  Historical  Collection 
(edited  by  Beckwith),  Vol.  I,  46-105. 

SETTLEMENT  AT  KASKASKIA 

Principal  facts. — Removal  of  the  mission  from  vicinity  of 
the  Rock  to  near  mouth  of  Kaskaskia  river;  reason  for  remov- 
al; settlement  at  Cahokia;  settlements  between  Cahokia  and 
Kaskaskia;  description  of  Port  Chartres;  government  of  these 
early  French  towns;  Illinois  a part  of  Louisiana;  the  John 
Law  banking  scheme;  the  Company  of  the  West;  Philip 
Renault  and  his  plans;  result;  trouble  between  the  French 
and  Spaniards;  Boisbriant;  French  settlements  on  the  Lower 
Mississippi;  trouble  with  the  Chickasaws;  land  system  of  the 
French;  intercourse  with  the  Indians;  houses;  dress;  food; 
occupations;  amusements;  administration  of  justice;  rebuild- 
ing of  Fort  Chartres. 

Sources  of  inf  ormation 

Mather:  The  making  of  Illinois, 78-90. 

Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  47-52. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  129-143. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  108-136. 

Reynolds:  Pioneer  History  of  Illinois,  41-73. 

Reynolds:  My  Own  Times,  26-32;  37-39. 

Breese:  Early  History  of  Illinois,  151-209. 


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Spear:  Transactions  of  the  Illinois  State  Historical  So- 
ciety, No.  9,  445-459. 

Alvord:  Illinois  in  the  Eighteenth  Century;  Bulletin,  No. 
1,  Illinois  State  Historical  Library. 

Wallace:  Transactions  of  the  Illinois  State  Historical  So- 
ciety, No.  9,  pages  105-117. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois,  158-171. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  57-71. 

STRUGGLE  OF  FRANCE  AND  ENGLAND  FOR  SUPREMACY  IN 
NORTH  AMERICA 

Principal  facts. — The  French  and  Indian  War;  cause;  chief 
events;  principal  men  on  each  side:  part  played  by  the  Illinois 
settlements;  result;  Pontiac’s  Conspiracy;  purpose;  result  of 
his  efforts;  attack  on  several  English  posts;  on  the  frontiers; 
Pontiac  at  Fort  Chartres;  at  Oswego;  death;  effect  of  British 
occupation  on  Illinois  French;  land  grant  by  British  com- 
manders; destruction  of  Fort  Chartres. 

Sources  of  inf  ormation 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  86-93. 

Catherwood:  Heroes  of  the  Middle  West,  117-141. 

Davidson  and  Sfcuve:  History  of  Illinois,  137-172. 

Reynolds:  Pioneer  History  of  Illinois,  74-82. 

Breese:  Early  History  of  Illinois,  226-231. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois,  197-202. 

Hinsdale:  The  Old  Northwest,  55-69. 

Parkman:  The  Conspiracy  of  Pontiac,  2 volumes. 

Winsor:  Narrative  and  Critical  History  of  America,  Vol.  V, 
483  ff. 

GEORGE  ROGERS  CLARK 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  visits  Kentucky; 
civil  and  military  service  there;  plans  expedition  against  Brit- 


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ish  strongholds  in  the  Illinois  country;  aided  by  Governor 
Henry;  collects  troops;  Corn  island;  desertions;  mouth  of 
Tennessee  river;  meeting  with  American  hunters;  news  of 
Kaskaskia;  lands  at  Fort  Massac;  march;  takes  Kaskaskia; 
size  of  town  (250  houses);  Clark’s  treatment  of  the  people; 
expedition  against  Cahokia;  M.  Cerre;  Father  Gibault;  Vigo; 
Captain  Helm;  Grand  Door  of  the  Wabash;  council  at  Caho- 
kia; affair  with  the  Meadow  Indians;  Black  Bird;  Pages; 
Capture  of  Vincennes  by  Hamilton;  description  of  Clark’s 
march  to  Vincennes;  takes  Vincennes;  returns  to  Kaskaskia; 
relieved  of  command;  importance  of  his  work;  his  later  days; 
bounty  to  men. 

Sources  of  information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  91-111. 

McMurry:  Pioneers  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  124-149. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  191-206. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  173-201. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois,  228-257. 

Roosevelt:  The  Winning  of  the  West  (Executive  Edition), 
Part  II,  55-120. 

Thwaites:  How  George  Rogers  Clark  Won  the  Northwest. 

Dunn:  Indiana  (in  American  Commonwealths),  131-155. 

Carpenter  and  Arthur:  History  of  Illinois,  71-105. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  93-118. 

ILLINOIS  UNDER  VIRGINIA 

Principal  facts. — The  County  of  Illinois;  John  Todd;  Gov- 
ernor Henry’s  instructions  to  Todd;  immigration  to  the  West 
in  1780;  means  of  travel;  first  American  settlers  in  Illinois; 
localities;  immigration  in  1785;  negro  witchcraft;  punishment; 
Todd’s  successor;  other  states  claiming  part  of  territory 
northwest  of  the  Ohio  river;  basis  of  claims;  Maryland  and 
the  Articles  of  Confederation;  cession  to  Confederacy. 


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Sources  of  information 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  202-209. 

Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  83-85. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  I,  158-183. 

Mason:  Chapters  from  Illinois  History,  250-279. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  119-123. 

THE  NORTHWEST  TERRITORY 

Principal  facts. — Read  the  Ordinance  of  1787;  give  the 
substance  of  articles  3,  4,  5,  and  6;  show  how  the  Ordinance 
influenced  the  history  of  Illinois;  officers  appointed  to  admin- 
ister the  Ordinance;  amount  of  land  to  be  owned  by  officers; 
two  grades  of  territories;  first  capital;  the  second;  visit  of 
governor  to  Illinois  country;  organization  of  first  county  in 
Illinois;  confirming  titles  to  land;  surveys;  hardships  to 
French  occupants;  Indian  hostilities;  defeat  of  St.  Clair; 
murders  in  Illinois  by  Indians;  Wayne’s  victory;  treaty  of 
Greenville:  territory  advanced  to  higher  grade. 

Sources  of  information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  112-116. 

Greene:  The  Government  of  Illinois,  12-115. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  210-225. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  214-222. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical  Vol.  I,  184-192. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  124-135. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois,  259-273. 

Reynolds:  Pioneer  History  of  Illinois,  145-252. 

AMERICAN  PIONEERS  OF  ILLINOIS 

Principal  facts. — Review  immigration  to  the  West  in  1780; 
in  1785;  grants  of  land  to  heads  of  families;  pitiful  condition 
of  immigrants  in  1797;  houses  of  early  settlers;  furniture; 


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mills;  methods  of  preparing  grains  for  food;  clothing;  schools; 
reading  material;  mail  facilities;  religions  services;  amuse- 
ments. 

Sources  of  information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  117-122. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  226-227. 

Reynolds:  Pioneer  History  of  Illinois,  176-179. 

Reynolds:  My  Own  Times,  19-24;  40-44;  48-54. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  207-222. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  160-170. 

ILLINOIS  A PART  OF  INDIANA  TERRITORY 

Principal  facts. — Separation  of  Ohio;  limits  of  Indiana 
Territory;  governor;  capital;  Louisiana  annexed  to  Indiana; 
separation;  Aaron  Burr  at  Kaskaskia;  treaties  with  Indians; 
Indiana  made  territory  of  second  grade;  members  of  the  leg- 
islature from  Illinois;  laws  of  the  territory. 

Sources  of  information 

Greene:  The  Government  of  Illinois,  15-17. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  232-240. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  I,  213-225. 

Dunn:  Indiana  (in  American  Commonwealths),  294-383. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  136-143. 

ILLINOIS  TERRITORY 

Principal  facts . — Separation  from  Indiana;  extent;  popu- 
lation; governor;  capital;  how  governed  at  first;  changed  to 
second  grade;  election  of  legislature;  John  Grammar;  laws; 
modes  of  punishment;  revenue;  legislature  meddling  with 
courts;  retaliation  upon  hostile  Indians;  upon  Indiana  lawyers; 
parceling  out  the  territory  to  doctors;  currency  before  close 
of  the  War  of  1812;  banks  at  Shawneetown,  Edwardsville, 


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and  Kaskaskia;  regulators  in  St.  Clair  County;  Cairo  bank 
project;  Commerce;  Indian  hostilities  fomented  and  encour- 
aged by  British;  raids  upon  isolated  settlers  and  detached 
settlements;  blockhouses;  plan  of  location;  Fort  Russell; 
rangers;  diplomacy  of  Gomo;  Tippecanoe;  Fort  Dearborn 
massacre;  Captain  Wells;  campaign  of  governor  Edwards  to 
Peoria  Lake;  General  Hopkins;  Captain  Craig;  second  ex- 
pedition to  Peoria;  route;  Wood  river  massacre;  expedition 
against  Prairie  du  Chien;  troubles;  Whiteside  and  Rector. 

Sources  of  inf ormation 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  123-131. 

Greene:  The  Government  of  Illinois,  18-20. 

Davidson  and  Stuve;  History  of  Illinois,  241-294. 

Reynolds:  My  Own  Times,  81-106. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol,  I,  242-257. 

Blanchard:  Discovery  and  Conquest  of  the  Northwest, 
269-288. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois,  304-316;  343-351. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  223-253. 

Stevens:  In  No.  9,  Transactions  Illinois  State  Historical 
Society,  62-197. 

Kinzie:  Wau-Bun,  183-247. 

Edwards,  N.  W. : Life  of  Ninian  Edwards. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  144-159. 

GOVERNOR  BOND’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1818-1822) 

Principal  facts. — Enabling  act;  amendments  by  Nathaniel 
Pope;  benefits  of  amendments;  contention  of  Wisconsin;  ad- 
mission of  the  State;  character  of  the  constitution;  brief  bi- 
ography of  Governor  Bond;  description  of  person;  Pierre 
Menard;  first  U.  S.  senators;  Supreme  Court;  number  of 
counties  at  time  of  admission;  state  revenue;  banks  and 
banking;  removal  of  capital. 


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Sources  of  information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  141-148. 

Greene:  The  Government  of  Illinois,  19-27. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  295-308. 

Ford:  History  of  Illinois,  Chapter  I. 

Radebaugh:  Boundary  Dispute  between  Illinois  and  Wis- 
consin. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  I,  287-299. 
Lusk:  Politics  and  Politicians  of  Illinois,  433-437. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  171-192. 

ADMINISTRATION  OF  GOVERNOR  COLES  (1822-1826) 

Principal  facts. — Brief  biography  of  Coles;  attitude  to- 
ward slavery;  attitude  of  the  State  on  the  subject;  review 
bringing  in  of  slaves  by  Renault;  bearing  of  Ordinance  of 
1787  on  slavery;  indentured  and  registered  slaves;  the  ‘ ‘black 
laws;”  kidnaping  negroes;  the  convention  fight;  describe  the 
campaign;  result;  prosecution  of  the  governor;  visit  of 
La  Fayette  to  America;  reception  in  Illinois;  the  Monroe  Doc- 
trine; effort  to  establish  free  public  schools. 

Sources  of  information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  149-156 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  309-334;  611-612 

Ford:  History  of  Illinois,  50-58. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  I,  307-326. 
Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  208-235. 
Montgomery:  Student’s  American  History,  322-323. 
Wheeler:  In  No.  8,  Transactions  Illinois  State  Historical 
Society,  97-104 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  318~329. 

Reynolds:  My  Own  Times,  152-155. 

Historical  Encyclopedia  of  Illinois,  259-261. 

Wasburne,  E.  B. : Sketch  of  Edward  Coles. 


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ADMINISTRATION  OF  GOVERNOR  EDWARDS  (1826-1830) 

Principal  facts. — Review  career  as  governor  of  territory; 
as  senator;  Hubbard;  national  politics  in  Illinois;  Daniel  P 
Cook;  finances;  charges  against  bank  officers;  modification  of 
judicial  system;  early  history  of  Galena;  European  colonists; 
the  English  settlements  in  Edwards  county;  the  Irish;  Ger- 
mans; merchandising  in  early  Illinois;  mail  facilities:  news- 
papers; literature;  John  M.  Peck;  manner  of  conducting  poli- 
tical campaigns;  the  militia;  later  career  of  governor  Edwards; 
death. 

Sources  of  inf ormation 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  355-362. 

Ford:  History  of  Illinois,  62-72. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  I,  337-341. 

Spensley:  In  No.  8,  Transactions  Illinois  State  Historical 
Society,  31-37. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  162-173. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  236-256. 

ADMINISTRATION  OF  GOVERNOR  REYNOLDS  (1830-1834) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  character;  politics; 
judge;  campaign;  the  “Wiggin’s  loan;”  effect  on  people;  im- 
peachment of  Judge  Smith;  4 ‘regulators”  in  Illinois;  the  Black 
Hawk  war;  cause;  place;  Keokuk  and  Black  Hawk;  descrip- 
tion of  Black  Hawk’s  village;  part  taken  in  the  war  by  the 
governor;  Lincoln  in  the  war;  route  taken  by  Black  Hawk; 
Shaubena;  Stillman’s  Run;  Indian  depredations  around 
Galena;  battle  of  Wisconsin  river;  efforts  of  the  Indians  to 
cross  the  Mississippi;  battle  of  the  Bad  Axe;  General  Scott; 
capture  of  Black  Hawk;  imprisonment;  liberation;  tour  in  the 
East;  death;  Reynolds  elected  to  Congress;  Ewing  governor 
for  fifteen  days;  later  career  of  Governor  Reynolds;  death. 


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Sources  of  information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  27-31. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  363-415. 
Reynolds:  My  Own  Times,  113-116;  184-192. 

Ford:  History  of  Illinois,  102-165. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  257-283. 

Dunn,  Mrs:  In  No.  7,  Transactions  Illinois  State  Histori- 
cal Society,  132-137. 

Stevens:  In  No.  7,  Transactions  Illinois  Historical  So- 
ciety, 170-179. 

Stevens:  History  of  the  Black  Hawk  War. 

Blanchard:  Discovery  and  Conquest  of  the  Northwest, 
373-402. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois,  354-385. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  254-270. 

Snyder:  Adam  W.  Snyder  in  Illinois  History,  109-147. 

GOVERNOR  DUNCAN’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1834-1838) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  Education;  early  life;  national 
politics  in  Illinois;  bank;  attitude  of  State  toward  non-resi- 
dent land  owners:  efforts  to  build  up  Alton;  surplus  national 
revenue  (Davidson  and  Stuve  p.  610);  financial  panic; 
Elijah  P.  Lovejoy;  internal  improvement  scheme;  result; 
Illinois  and  Michigan  canal. 

Sources  of  information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  176-178. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  416-440;  474-488. 
Ford:  History  of  Illinois,  166-244. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  I,  400-423; 
461-468. 

Carpenter  and  Arthur:  History  of  Illinois,  233-242. 
Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  328-332. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  284-332. 


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GOVERNOR  CARLIN’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1838-1842) 

Principal  facts. — Candidates,  attitude  of  each  toward  in- 
ternal improvements;  Carlin’s  education;  personal  appearance; 
next  legislature  and  internal  improvements;  loan  for  canal; 
financial  commissioners  to  Europe;  measure  of  success;  debt; 
work  on  Illinois  and  Michigan  canal;  financial  maneuvering; 
squabble  over  Secretary  of  State;  ‘ ‘Galena  alien  case;”  mobs. 

Sources  of  information 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  441-461. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  I,  424-446. 

Ford:  The  History  of  Illinois,  245-251. 

Reynolds:  My  Own  Times,  323-326. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois  413-427. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  333-351. 

GOVERNOR  FORD’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1842-1846) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  judge;  why  nomi- 
nated for  governor;  financial  embarrassment  of  the  State;  how 
removed;  Trumbull  and  McClernand  squabble;  new  canal  loan; 
attitude  of  the  governor  towards  the  canal  and  toward  the 
creditors  of  the  State;  (for  connected  history  of  canal  see 
Davidson  and  Stuve,  474-376);  the  Mormons;  Joseph  Smith; 
Vermont;  New  York;  golden  plates;  Ohio;  Missouri:  Nauvoo; 
efforts  of  politicians  to  win  Mormon  votes:  trouble  with  peo- 
ple of  Hancock  County;  government  of  Nauvoo;  the  legion; 
unwise  laws  enacted  by  Nauvoo;  spiritual  wives;  expulsion  of 
Wiliian  Law;  the  governor  visits  Carthage;  the  Danite  band; 
gathering  of  militia  at  Carthage;  Smith  declares  martial  law 
in  Nauvoo;  the  prophet  and  his  brother,  prisoners;  Carthage 
jail;  departure  of  governor  for  Nauvoo;  death  of  the  Smiths; 
the  “Mormon  war;”  conviction  of  guilty  anti-Mormons  im- 
possible; Brigham  Young;  journey  to  Utah;  undue  advantages 


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taken  by  anti-Mormons;  sufferings  of  the  Saints  on  their 
journey. 

Sources  of  information 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  165-178. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  462-520. 

Ford:  The  History  of  Illinois,  166-436. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  I,  424-446. 

Brown:  History  of  Illinois,  386-403. 

Reynolds:  My  Own  Times,  359-371. 

Parrish:  Historic  Illinois,  271-286. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  352-375. 

ADMINISTRATION  OF  GOVERNOR  FRENCH  (1846-1853) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  election;  new  con- 
stitution; re-election;  change  in  date  of  election:  township 
organization;  homestead  exemption;  Bloody-island  dike;  the 
Mexican  war;  cause;  quota  of  Illinois;  patriotic  fervor;  the 
ladies;  colonels  of  the  first  four  regiments;  part  played  by 
each:  weary  marches;  sickness;  Buena  Vista;  Hardin;  Vera 
Cruz;  Cerro  Gordo:  Shields;  return  of  troops;  reception;  fifth 
and  sixth  regiments,  the  cavalry;  close  of  the  war;  effects  on 
state  politics;  General  Shields  and  the  senatorship;  the  Icari- 
ans;  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad;  review  previous  efforts  of 
the  State  to  build  this  road;  grant  of  land  by  Congress  to 
the  State;  disposition  of  land  by  the  State;  by  the  company; 
the  seven  per  cent;  importance  of  road  to  the  State. 

Sources  of  information 

Mather:  Making  of  Illinois,  170-184. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois.  551-561;  522-542; 

571-584. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II,  562-580. 

Reynolds:  My  Own  Times,  371-376. 


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Newell:  In  No.  9;  Transactions  Illinois  State  Historical 
Society,  467-504. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  376-401. 

GOVERNOR  MATTESON’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1853-1857) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  occupations  before 
becoming  governor;  election;  inaugural;  free-school  law;  re- 
view previous  efforts  to  establish  a system  of  free  public 
schools;  rapid  growth  of  the  state;  the  Maine  liquor  law  in 
Illinois;  Douglas  and  the  Kansas-Nebraska  bill;  reception  in 
Chicago;  organization  of  the  Republican  party;  its  elements; 
the  Bloomington  convention. 

Sources  ofinformation 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  599-617;  635-655. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II,  582-603. 

Lusk:  Politics  and  Politicians  of  Illinois,  10-31. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  402-420. 

GOVERNOR  BISSELL’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1857-1861) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  record  in  Mexican 
war;  elected  to  congress;  challenged  by  Jefferson  Davis; 
cause  of  challenge:  outcome;  effect  on  campaign;  fight  of 
opposition;  first  Normal  School  established;  the  Lincoln- 
Douglas  debates;  where  held;  the  topic;  result;  apportion- 
ment bill  of  1859;  the  canal  scrip  fraud;  charged  to  whom; 
opinion  of  the  court;  how  settled;  the  Macalister  and  Steb- 
bins  bonds;  health  of  the  governor;  death;  succeeded  by 
lieutenant  governor  John  Wood. 

Sources  of  information 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  630-653;  656-678; 

691-715. 

Palmer:  Personal  Recollections,  332-342. 


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Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II.  603-628. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  421-436. 

ADMINISTRATION  OF  GOVERNOR  YATES  (1861-1865) 

Principal  facts . — Birth  and  education;  lawyer;  legislator; 
4 ‘War  governor”;  rebellion;  energetic  measures;  Democratic 
state  convention  of  January  1861;  purpose;  result;  efforts  of 
Douglas  to  preserve  peace;  the  Virginia  resolutions  for  peace, 
attitude  of  Democrats  and  Republicans  towards  secession; 
extra  session  of  legislature  in  1861;  appropriations;  Douglas’s 
speech  of  April  25,  1861;  his  last  speech;  death;  successor; 
state  sanitary  bureau;  constitutional  convention  of  1862;  con- 
duct of  convention;  result  of  its  labors;  Democratic  and  Re- 
publican conventions  of  1863;  nominees;  character  of  the  leg- 
islature that  met  in  January  1863;  speeches  on  conduct  of 
the  war;  resolutions  reported  by  committee;  speeches;  mili- 
tary arrests;  suppression  of  the  Chicago  Times;  secret  poli- 
tico-military societies;  prorogation  of  the  legislature;  excite- 
ment; the  great  Democratic  mass  convention  of  June  12,  1863; 
work  of  convention;  the  Chicago  conspiracy  of  1864;  election 
of  state  officers;  number  of  men  furnished  by  Illinois  in  the 
Civil  War;  name  ten  of  the  most  prominent. 

Sources  of  information 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  716-722;  866-906. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II,  629-703. 

Lusk;  Politics  and  Politicians  of  Illinois,  99-121. 

Jane:  In  Number  7,  Transactions  111.  State  Hist.  Society, 

143-147. 

Dickerson:  The  Illinois  Constitutional  Convention  of  1862; 

Number  9 in  Vol.  I;  University  of  Illinois  Studies. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  455-472. 


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GOVERNOR  OGLESBY’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1865-1869) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  lawyer;  traveler; 
military  service;  meeting  of  legislature;  election  of  Yates  to 
U.  S.  Senate;  ratification  of  the  thirteenth  amendment;  re- 
peal of  “black  laws”;  assassination  of  President  Lincoln; 
monument;  ratification  of  the  fourteenth  amendment;  many 
special  laws;  appropriations;  contest  over  location  of  Indus- 
trial University;  the  capital;  the  Southern  Penitentiary; 
Canal  enlargement  and  improvement  of  the  Illinois  river; 
State  Board  of  Equalization;  Federal  land  grant  for  Indus- 
trial University;  re-election  of  Trumbull;  the  Joliet  peniten- 
tiary. 

Sources  of  information 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  907-928. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II;  714- 
724;  762-873. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  482-489. 

GOVERNOR  PALMER’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1869-1873) 

Principal  facts . — Birth  and  education;  lawyer;  political 
offices  previous  to  being  governor;  military  career;  governor; 
State  rights  doctrine  in  regard  to  railroads;  pernicious  special 
laws;  attitude  of  the  governor;  the  “tax- grabbing”  law;  lake- 
front  bill;  ratification  of  fifteenth  amendment;  the  constitu- 
tion of  1870;  special  and  private  laws  prohibited;  the  Chicago 
fire;  controversy  with  the  mayor  about  calling  in  Federal 
troops;  in  the  Liberal  party  of  1872;  the  Grange  movement; 
Railway  and  Warehouse  Commission;  democrat;  Gold  demo- 
crat; death. 

Sources  of  information 

Palmer:  Personal  Recollections,  280-377. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  929-944. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Yol  II,  774-817. 


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Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  198-200. 

Annual  Cyclopedia  for  1871,  898-401. 

Paine:  In  Number  8 of  the  University  of  Illinois  studies. 

Stone:  In  Scribner’s  Magazine  for  June  1895.  Vol  17,  663-679 

Goodspeed:  History  of  the  Great  Fires  in  Chicago  and 

the  West,  121-485. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  490-498. 

ADMINISTRATION  OF  GOVERNOR  BEVERIDGE  (1873-1877) 

Principal  facts. — Oglesby  elected  governor,  Beveridge 
lieutenant-governor;  Oglesby  elected  to  U.  S.  Senate;  Bev- 
eridge becomes  governor;  birth  and  education;  lawyer;  mili- 
tary record;  political  offices;  Copperas  Creek  dam;  the 
“Lexington  case;”  Illinois  State  Independent  Eeform  party; 
other  attempts  at  reform;  Democratic  and  Republican  state 
conventions;  E.M.  Haines  and  his  party;  his  rule  as  Speaker; 
exciting  election  of  1876;  Illinois  at  the  Centennial  Exposition. 

Sources  of  information 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II;  818-840. 

Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  201. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  499-501. 

ADMINISTRATION  OF  GOVERNOR  CULLOM  (1877-1881) 

Principal  Facts . — Birth  and  education;  political  offices  pre- 
vious to  becoming  governor;  Judge  Davis  succeeds  Logan 
as  U.  S.  Senator;  strikes  and  rioting  at  Chicago,  Braidwood, 
East  St.  Louis,  etc.;  State  conventions  of  1878;  Logan  suc- 
ceeds Oglesby  as  U.  S.  Senator;  farm  drainage  law;  other 
important  laws;  exciting  state  conventions  of  1880. 

Sources  of  information. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II,  841-867. 

Historical  Encyclopedia  of  Illinois,  125. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  502-506. 


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ADMINISTRATION  OF  GOVERNORS  CULLOM  AND  HAMILTON 

(1881-1885) 

Principal  facts. — Re-election  of  Cullom;  special  session 
of  legislature,  March  23,  1882;  State  conventions  of  1882; 
Cullom  succeeds  Davis  as  U.  S.  Senator;  Hamilton  becomes 
governor;  birth  and  education;  soldier;  teacher;  lawyer; 
State  senator;  Harper  high-license  law;  local  option;  other 
temperance  legislation;  partial  veto  by  governor  permitted; 
outbreak  among  miners  at  Collinsville,  Marissa,  etc.;  state 
conventions  of  1884. 

Sources  of  information 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Yol.  II. , 868-899. 

Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  203. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  507-510. 

SECOND  ADMINISTRATION  OF  GOVERNOR  OGLESBY 

(1885-1889) 

Principal  facts. — Elected  for  the  third  time;  ‘ 'still  hunt” 
resulting  in  the  re-election  of  Logan  to  U.  S.  Senate;  law  to 
establish  a Soldiers’  and  Sailors’  Home;  regulation  of  convict 
labor;  labor  troubles  at  Joliet,  Lemont,  East  St.  Louis,  etc.; 
the  Hay  Market  Square  tragedy;  death  of  Senator  Logan; 
his  successor;  trustees  of  the  University  of  Illinois;  state 
conventions  of  1888. 

Sources  of  information 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II,  900-923. 

Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  205. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  509-510. 

GOVERNOR  FIFER’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1889-1893) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  soldier;  lawyer; 
State  senator;  drainage  legislation;  the  Chicago  Sanitary 


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and  Ship  Canal;  Australian  Ballot  law;  compulsory  educa- 
tion law. 

Sources  of  information 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II,  924-938. 

Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  207. 

Laws  of  Illinois,  1889,  126-137;  237-238. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  511-515. 

GOVERNOR  ALTGELD’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1893-1897) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  World’s  Columbian 
Exposition;  naval  militia  established;  Hay  Market  Square 
anarchists;  pardoned;  Western  insane  asylum;  asylum  for 
incurable  insane;  insurance  department  created;  Pullman 
and  railway  strikes;  Northern  and  Eastern  normal  schools 
established;  compulsory  school  law  amended;  State  Board  of 
Arbitration  created. 

Sources  of  information 

Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  208. 

Historical  Encyclopedia  of  Illinois,  under  “Labor 
Troubles.” 

Report  of  the  United  States  Strike  Commission,  1894. 

Laws  of  Illinois,  1893,  151-152. 

Laws  of  Illinois,  1895,  9-11;  18-22. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  516-520. 

GOVERNOR  TANNER’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1897-1901) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  soldier;  farmer;  po- 
litical offices  previous  to  being  governor;  child-labor  law; 
civil  rights;  judicial  circuits;  State  Board  of  Pardons;  Shaw- 
neetown  flood;  new  revenue  law  regulating  manner  of  assess- 
ing and  collecting  taxes;  the  three  supreme  court  districts  con- 
solidated into  one;  Illinois  troops  in  the  Spanish- American 


war. 


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Sources  of  information 

Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  210-211. 

Report  of  the  Executive  Relief  Committee. 

Laws  of  Illinois,  1897,  90-91;  187-138;  188-189;  272-274. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  521-523. 

ADMINISTRATION  OP  GOVERNOR  YATES,  JR.  (1901-1905) 

Principal  facts. — Birth  and  education;  appropriation  for 
monument  at  Stillman  Valley;  home  for  delinquent  boys;  sen- 
atorial apportionment;  Mueller  municipal-ownership  law; 
voting- machine  law;  child- labor  law;  Illinois  at  the  Louisiana 
Purchase  Exposition,  industrial  progress  of  the  state. 

Sources  of  inf  ormation 

Perrin:  History  of  Illinois,  212. 

The  Daily  News  Almanac  and  Year  Book,  1904,  351  363. 

Laws  of  Illinois,  1901,  60  and  67. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  524-527. 

CHICAGO 

Principal  facts. — Latitude  and  longitude;  origin  of 
name;  French  fort  at  mouth  of  Chicago  river;  easy  portage 
to  Des  Plaines  river;  French  missionaries  and  traders;  Potta- 
watomies;  De  Sable;  treaty  of  Greenville;  land  grant  of  six 
miles  square;  John  Kinzie;  Fort  Dearborn  built;  massacre; 
Captain  Wells;  Black  Partridge;  Billy  Caldwell;  fate  of  the 
prisoners;  Fort  Dearborn  rebuilt;  Chicago  a village  of  Pike 
County  (Perrin);  in  1830,  only  seven  families  lived  outside  of 
the  fort;  route  of  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  canal  surveyed; 
Chicago  grows  as  work  on  the  canal  progresses;  incorpor- 
ated in  1837  with  a population  of  4,170;  first  railroad  toward 
the  northwest  in  1848;  canal  completed;  first  railroad  from 
the  east  in  1852;  as  a railroad  center  at  present;  grade  of 
city  elevated;  the  conspiracy;  the  great  fire;  area  burned; 


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value  of  property  destroyed;  rapid  rebuilding  of  the  city; 
Columbian  Exposition;  its  rank  in  population;  as  a market 
for  various  products;  water  supply  at  present;  drainage;  park 
system;  boulevards;  commerce  by  water;  the  harbor;  extent 
of  city. 

Sources  of  information 

Steward:  In  number  9,  Transactions  of  the  Illinois  State 
Historical  Society  460-466. 

Mather:  The  Making  of  Illinois,  209-228. 

Judson:  “Chicago,”  in  the  Encyclopedia  Americana,  Vol. 
IV. 

Kinzie:  Wau-Bun,  183-247. 

Kirkland:  The  Chicago  Massacre. 

Ralph:  Our  Great  West,  1-63. 

Ralph:  Harper’s  Chicago  and  the  World’s  Pair. 

Goodspeed:  History  of  the  Great  Fires  in  Chicago  and 
the  West. 

Andreas:  History  of  Chicago. 

ABRAHAM  LINCOLN 

Principal  facts. — Birthplace;  date;  parentage;  description 
of  first  home;  why  his  father  emigrated  from  Kentucky; 
where  to;  the  journey;  returns  for  the  family;  journey  of  the 
family;  description  of  home  in  Indiana;  first  teacher;  moth- 
er’s death;  Abraham’s  grief;  books  borrowed;  learning  to 
write;  mother’s  funeral  sermon;  stepmother;  her  treatment 
of  Abraham;  Mr.  Crawford’s  school;  the  buck’s  horns;  “Life 
of  Washington”;  favorite  with  schoolmates;  brief  schooling; 
reasons  for  being  a whig;  helps  his  father  at  outdoor  work; 
first  trip  to  New  Orleans  on  a flatboat;  death  of  sister;  re- 
moval of  family  to  Illinois;  description  of  journey;  descrip- 
tion of  Abraham  on  coming  to  Illinois;  where  the  family  set- 
tled; helps  build  cabin;fences  land;  works  for  Mr.  Armstrong; 


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near  Petersburg;  another  trip  to  New  Orleans;  in  charge  of 
mill  and  store  at  New  Salem;  called  “Honest  Abe”;  the 
Clary’s  Grove  boys;  Kirkham’s  Grammar;  defeated  for  the 
legislature;  in  the  Black  Hawk  war;  merchant;  postmaster; 
deputy  surveyor;  elected  to  the  legislature;  reelections;  fa- 
vors internal  improvement  scheme  of  1837;  removal  of  Cap- 
ital to  Springfield;  Lovejoy;  removal  to  Springfield;  lawyer  and 
politician;  stimulating  effect  of  associates;  Anne  Rutledge; 
Mary  Owens;  Mary  Todd;  rivalry  of  Lincoln  and  Douglas  in 
love  and  politics;  the  Lincoln- Shields  duel;  marriage;  elected 
to  congress;  career  there;  aroused  by  repeal  of  Missouri  Com- 
promise; State  Pair  speech:  helps  organize  the  Republican 
party;  the  Bloomington  Convention;  campaigning  for  Fre- 
mont and  Dayton;  Kansas-Nebraska  bill;  Lincoln- Douglas 
debate;  question  at  issue;  where  held;  victor:  speeches  in 
Kansas;  Cooper  Institute  speech;  speeches  in  New  England; 
nomination  for  the  Presidency;  nominees  of  other  parties; 
“Rail- Splitter”  candidate;  “Wide-Awakes;”  election;  seces- 
sion; cabinet-making;  journey  to  Washington;  inaugural  ad- 
dress; effort  to  reenforce  Sumter;  bombardment:  effect  on  the 
country;  call  for  troops,  loyalty  of  Douglas;  Seward’s  mem- 
orandum; Lincoln’s  generosity;  his  mastery  in  the  cabinet; 
saves  the  border  slave  states  to  the  Union;  plan  of  gradual 
emancipation;  conduct  of  the  war;  holds  all  political  questions 
in  his  own  hands;  emancipation  proclamation;  permits  the 
use  of  negro  troops;  reelection;  visits  Richmond;  death;  effect 
on  the  country;  burial. 

Sources  of  information 

Putnam:  The  Children’s  Life  of  Lincoln. 

Brooks:  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Brooks:  Abraham  Lincoln  and  the  Downfall  of  American 
Slavery. 

Baldwin:  Abraham  Lincoln. 


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Baldwin:  The  Story  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  in  Four  Great 
Americans. 

Tarbell:  The  Early  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Tarbell:  The  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Schulz:  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Coffin:  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  691-715. 

Morse:  Abraham  Lincoln,  in  American  Statesmen  Series. 

Nicolay:  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Herndon  and  Weik:  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Rice:  Reminiscences  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Political  Speeches  and  Debates  of  Abraham 
Lincoln  and  Steven  A.  Douglas.  Published 
by  Scott,  Foresman  and  Company,  Chicago. 

Smith:  A Student’s  History  of  Illinois,  445-434. 

STEPHEN  ARNOLD  DOUGLAS 
Principal  facts . — Birthplace;  date;  parentage;  death  of 
father;  trade;  stopped  working  at  trade;  small  body;  large 
head;  precocity;  removal  to  New  York  State;  academy;  law; 
ability  in  debate  as  schoolboy;  started  for  the  West;  route; 
arrival  at  Jacksonville;  funds;  first  employment;  school- 
teacher; lawyer;  ideals  in  politics;  prosecuting  attorney; 
elected  to  legislature;  registrar  of  public  lands;  acquaintance 
with  Lincoln;  rivals;  personality;  defends  the  Virginia  and 
Kentucky  resolutions;  successful  advocate;  cares  more  for 
success  than  for  justice  of  client’s  cause;  Secretary  of  State; 
a judge  of  the  Supreme  Court;  earns  gratitude  of  Mormons; 
elected  to  congress;  U.  S.  Senator;  in  Europe;  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad;  attitude  towards  the  compromise  of  1850; 
Kansas-Nebraska  bill;  reception  in  Chicago;  the  Douglas- 
Lincoln  debate;  places;  antagonizes  pro- slavery  men;  indif- 
ferent as  to  the  moral  quality  of  slavery;  nomination  for  the 
presidency;  bolting  of  the  South;  attitude  toward  secession; 
death. 


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Sources  of  information 

Brown,  W.  G. : Stephen  A.  Douglas,  in  Riverside  Biograph- 
ical Series. 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  691-715. 

Nicolay  and  Hay:  Lincoln-Douglas  Debate,  in  the  Century 
Magazine,  July  1887. 

Brown,  W.  G.:  Lincoln’s  Rival,  in  the  Atlantic  Monthly, 
February,  1902. 

Hodder:  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  in  the  Chautauquan,  Aug. 
1899.  Political  Speeches  and  Debates  of  Abraham  Lin- 
coln and  Stephen  A.  Douglas.  Published  by  Scott, 
Foresman  & Company,  Chicago. 

McConnell:  Recollections  of  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  in  Trans- 
actions of  Illinois  State  Historical  Society  for  1900,  40-50. 
Gardner:  Life  of  Stephen  A.  Douglas. 

Sheahan:  The  Life  of  Stephen  A.  Douglas. 

ULYSSES  S.  GRANT 

Principal  facts . — Birth;  boyhood;  West  Point;  Mexican 
War;  Molino  del  Rey;  resigns  commission;  farmer;  mer- 
chant; Colonel  of  21st  regiment  Illinois  Volunteers;  advanced 
rapidly  to  higher  commands;  brilliant  military  career:  gen- 
erosity to  fallen  foe;  protects  Lee;  President;  visits  Europe, 
Egypt,  and  Asia;  cordial  reception  everywhere;  unfortunate 
in  business;  Memoirs;  illness;  death;  his  tomb. 

Sources  of  information 

Davidson  and  Stuve:  History  of  Illinois,  752. 

Eddy:  Patriotism  of  Illinois,  Vol.  II,  173-189. 

Moses:  Illinois,  Historical  and  Statistical,  Vol.  II,  664-647. 
Headley:  The  Life  and  Travels  of  General  Grant. 

Grant:  Personal  Memoirs. 

Allen:  Ulysses  S.  Grant,  in  Riverside  Biographical  Series. 


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IN  LIGHTER  VEIN 

Parrish:  When  Wilderness  was  King. 
Parrish:  A Sword  of  the  Old  Frontier. 
Catherwood:  Old  Kaskaskia. 

Churchill:  The  Crossing. 

Thompson:  Alice  of  Old  Vincennes. 
Reed:  In  the  Shadow  of  Victory. 

Carr:  The  Illini. 

Churchill:  The  Crisis. 


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THE  ILLINOIS  STATE  NORMAL  UNIVERSITY 


Offers  superior  facilities  for  the  training  of  teachers.  Its 
equipment  includes: 

A library  of  17,000  volumes  and  7,000  pamphlets. 

Physical,  chemical,  biological,  and  geographical  labora- 
tories supplied  with  new  apparatus. 

A school  garden  with  two  and  one-half  acres,  and  a well- 
stocked  green-house. 

A shop  for  manual  training. 

A well-equipped  gymnasium. 

A campus  of  fifty-seven  acres  with  every  advantage  for 
athletic  games. 

Its  faculty  includes  thirty-two  teachers,  ten  of  them 
training  teachers. 

Three  programs  of  study  are  provided: 

A two-year  program  for  graduates  of  superior  high 
schools. 

A three-year  program  for  graduates  of  village  high 
schools. 

A four-year  program  for  students  needing  longer  aca- 
demic preparation. 

The  regular  programs  all  include  a review  of  the  com- 
mon branches,  five  terms  of  psychology  and  peda: 
gogy,  three  terms  of  practice  teaching,  and  such  ad- 
vanced courses  as  may  be  needed. 

Elective  substitutes  are  provided  for  students  preparing 
for  primary  teaching  or  other  specific  work. 


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SUMMER  SESSION,  1907 

The  summer  session  of  the  Illinois  State  Normal  Uni- 
versity will  consist  of  two  terms  of  six  weeks  each,  beginning 
June  10  and  July  22. 

Thirty -two  instructors  will  be  secured  for  the  first  term, 
twelve  for  the  second. 

Seventy-five  courses  are  offered.  Most  of  these  are  the 
regular  twelve- week  courses.  In  these  students  recite  twice 
a day.  There  are  several  extra  courses  offered  in  Manual 
Training,  Industrial  Art,  Drawing,  Vocal  Music,  and  Nature 
Study. 

The  primary  department  of  the  training  school  will  be 
in  session  during  the  first  term.  The  observation  work  in 
these  grades  will  be  supplemented  by  detailed  instruction  in 
every  species  of  primary  work. 

Tuition  is  free  to  all  expecting  to  teach  in  the  schools  of 
Illinois.  Others  are  charged  five  dollars  per  term.  The 
registration  fee  is  one  dollar. 

Board  and  room  can  be  had  at  from  three  and  one- half 
to  four  dollars  per  week.  There  are  good  accommodations 
for  one  thousand  students. 

The  railroads  of  Illinois  have  given  a rate  of  one  and 
one-third  fare  for  the  round  trip  on  the  certificate  plan.  A 
certificate  must  be  obtained  at  each  point  where  a ticket  is 
bought  en  route  to  Normal.  The  return  trip  may  be  made 
at  any  date  until  September  1. 

For  further  information,  address 

David  Felmley,  President, 

Normal,  Illinois. 


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